The lower case omega appears similar a scrip w when it first appears. Ancient Greek has no "lower case". (Has no punctuation or separation between words either, though sometimes a dot is placed between words.) The lower case for Greek is a relatively recent invention in Greek history.. Yes, very big... or very, very small! :) Regards, Bob... From: "Steve Hodges" <shodges@wantree.com.au> > Bob Blakely wrote: > > > > Really?!! And which Greek letter would that be? > > I believe that the use of this symbol was first (?) used to mean 1000 > (by the Romans). > > It was described as 2 linked circles, which incidentally is different to > the way we use it now. Without resorting to my greek alphabet, I think > it's like a lowercase omega? > > Since the Romans also had the perfectly servicable M, John Wallis > suggested it's use to mean infinity. (And M is so much easier for > films) > > Clearly infinity today is a bigger number than it was then :-)
